Design for beginners - for iPad/Mac/PC: Recent Episodes

The Open University

How do you create depth and tone on paper? How do you create a cd case from scratch? Steve Garner, Professor of Design at The Open University answers these questions and others in this introduction to design basics. All design begins with translating ideas on to a canvas, and this collection encourages you to begin thinking about design principles from how letters are shaped to creating three dimensional models.

This material forms part of The Open University course U101 Design thinking.

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Steve Garner uses a newspaper to show how you can observe shapes of letters.

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Transcript -- Steve Garner uses a newspaper to show how you can observe shapes of letters.

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Steve Garner gives examples of how to create a range of tones.

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Transcript -- Steve Garner gives examples of how to create a range of tones.

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Steve Garner uses the overlay technique to replicate a picture of a chair.

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Transcript -- Steve Garner uses the overlay technique to replicate a picture of a chair.

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Steve Garner creates a scale chair from a cereal box.

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Transcript -- Steve Garner creates a scale chair from a cereal box.

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Steve Garner explains how to make a CD case.

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Transcript -- Steve Garner explains how to make a CD case.

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Steve Garner creates a card board mug using a real mug as a template.

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Transcript -- Steve Garner creates a card board mug using a real mug as a template.